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This family word search hides words like mother, father, brother to find. Play it free online or print the PDF with the answer key, a handy family vocabulary activity.

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  • RELATIVE
  • DAUGHTER
  • ANCESTOR
  • GUARDIAN
  • GRANDSON
  • BROTHER
  • SIBLING
  • HUSBAND
  • MOTHER
  • FATHER
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Did you know?

mother
A mother can carry her child's cells in her own body for decades after birth, a swap scientists call microchimerism.
father
Fatherhood can change hormone levels: studies have found lower testosterone in men after they become fathers and care for children.
brother
The Brothers Grimm had an artist brother, Ludwig, who illustrated their fairy tales, making the books a project for three siblings.
sibling
The word sibling nearly vanished from English for centuries and was revived by scientists in the early twentieth century.
relative
Double first cousins share all four grandparents, because two siblings from one family have children with two siblings from another family.
husband
Husband first meant a household master or farmer, from Old Norse roots for house and dweller, before it meant a married man.
daughter
Marie Curie's daughter Irène also won a Nobel Prize in chemistry, making the same prestigious science award a two-generation family achievement.
ancestor
Your family tree doubles backward on paper, but ancestors repeat; otherwise its branches would soon require more people than ever lived.
guardian
Some ancient Roman women needed a legal guardian even as grown adults, while men could leave guardianship behind after reaching adulthood.
grandson
Benjamin Franklin took his teenage grandson to France as his secretary, putting a family member to work on a major diplomatic mission.
toddler
A young toddler's kneecaps can be hard to spot on X-rays because they're still cartilage, despite already supporting those first wobbly steps.
cousin
Children of identical twins are cousins, but genetically resemble half-siblings on average, giving one family relationship two surprisingly different descriptions.
household
Family's Latin ancestor could describe a household's servants, giving a word now associated with relatives an unexpected starting point among domestic workers.
grandma
The grandmother hypothesis suggests women live long past menopause because helping raise grandchildren boosts a family's survival.
twin
Identical twins share the same DNA but never the same fingerprints, since ridges form partly from random touch in the womb.

Trivia

  1. Roughly how often do identical twins occur worldwide: about one birth in 250, in 1,000, or in 5,000?

    About one birth in 250.

  2. What name is given to the diagram that maps a person's relatives across many generations?

    A family tree (or genealogy).

  3. Besides humans, which ocean mammal is known for grandmothers that live long past their breeding years?

    The orca, or killer whale.

  4. What word describes a child's relatives by marriage, such as a spouse's mother?

    In-laws (mother-in-law, and so on).

  5. What term means children born from a single pregnancy, such as twins, triplets, or quadruplets?

    Multiples (a multiple birth).

Trivia · 1 / 5
Roughly how often do identical twins occur worldwide: about one birth in 250, in 1,000, or in 5,000?
About one birth in 250.

In their words

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Leo Tolstoy

Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.

Fred Rogers

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Sources: Jim twins reared apart, reunited at 39 (The Guardian) · Killer whale grandmothers boost survival of calves (University of York) · Grandmother hypothesis · Microchimerism (mother carries child's cells)

Word list, facts & trivia researched and compiled by Sam Letterman — spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.